e}t 8 TheOld-mitnandthe etb.man. guilt deferuivgpuuifhment, andfor proneneffevnto cuilI ; förole aseula man beginneth to be enclofed and warme iu the wombe,he is not tainted one- ly, but euen (as it were) wholy ouerfpreadwith theft two 1. Liablencffe to Gods wrath : and a. Inclination to all kindof vogodlinffe. The Pfalme faith; PCaLi4.;. that when GodCooke viewofAdam,Connes,they were all corrupt ;there was not one found, who in himfelfewas ofamorerefined and pure condition : All n Rom.;.u. emprofitablen,all; thechlldrenofdjobediescy midthefennel offnab e. This corrup_ eEPhoCa.a'3' tion which is in man by nature, is that which wecalloriginal! f n,or,the fume which is in man from the very firlt beginning ofhis being. It isadepraued. nabor a diforder ofthewholeMam,in matterswhich concerneeternal! life. I 'Tit. ax . fay,itis adiforder ofthe whole man t Hie very mindeiedefiledP, bid trifdemeis q Rom.a.s.: dearhq.Ifthere be any thing in hismiede, which may feeme to be more excel- , Epli.4.13. lent then the rcil,cuen thatalfo is tainted: Thefpirnofthe minkneedercnneinle. Amongthe workesof the Flefh,are numbred,IdolatryandHerele, whichare pro. j ui.3.an. perlycorruptionsoftheminds. Itisnotasfomeimagine ,thatonelymansin. feriour faculties (as his affe&ions) arecorrupted,buteuen that which is bell in aEphq.ta. him:bu cogitation:aredarkened t,he isa verÿ fooleand a beaflinhimfelfe before God,inregardofthe right apprehenfionofheauenly things, as Amid acknow. aPfaL7 ;. as. ledgeth touchinghimfelfee: All the imagRieatian+ofthe thoughtsofbid heart avow. x Gen.6.f. ) tasti'. When it is laid that we areall by nature vnwifer, whatismeant buta 7Tinta3.3 deprauationof the mindeand anderllanding, tutu the belt thereof, no better then meere folly in the bell things?Now thisbeing onceproued, that eventhe veryminde, andvnderfianding end wifdomeofnature isbecome FleJh, what (hallweethinkeofthe remainder? For howmullnot the fpeech ofChrill ben tMat.6.a3. true:Ifthelighnhat it lathee beedarkseffe,bewgreat it that darksej7 s i Iithemind andvnderflanding which fhould bee the lightand dire&ion and groundoigo. nerment to the whole man, bee in that cafe foblinded, fo defiled, fowholly pepriuedofalltrueworth,in what cafe (hall all the reftbe which dependthere.. upon? It cannototherwifebee (faith ourSauiour.) How thouldcorruption eIob 54.4. produceother then corruption? Whocanbrag a clean thing emoffiltbint.ifiq By iRom.t.u 0110 sasfin mediatetheWorld b; Adam thecommon roote of all man-kind, tGen.f.;. being depraued,howcan it bebutall his posterity mullbee fo? Adambegan adds inhie ewe ikeneb., thatis a (inner likehimfelfe; and foevery father fur. ceiliuely from him bath donethe fame.Hereuponnowarifeth everygreat que- ffion touching the manner ofthe propagation andderiving offin from thefa. therto thechild, by ratans whereof(according to thewords here)Fle brings forth Flefh:For inaCmuchas theproper remand ruble&offinne is the foule, it is queftioned whether the Coule alfo come by natural! generation. It Mould feeme fo, forelfehow lhould the foule becorrupted with finne,prefentiyupon thebeing thereof inthe body? Iffin were io thebodyhelare, then how is the foule the naturali feateoffin, or what kindofthing hi fin, ifthefoule receiueth it fromthe body? Nay,how canthe foule beinga l'pirituall fubfance,teceiuea sainture and defilement from the body,whicb isofa groffercompofition? For this indeed is thecommon opinion ofDivines,that thefoule being in the dueEt appointed timemade byGod,commeth pureand clean intothe body,but isin. Randy uponthe coupling thereofwith thebody defiled,like waterwhich run. ning cleane from the fountaine,is powred into a veffellthat is unclean. Thisis the moll receiveddo&cine.Indeedit is true,the fouleinmany things followed% the temperatureand conffitutionofthebody,as is found true in experiencetbut yet itfeemeth fomewhat toohard tofay, thatthe fouleinfeCtedbythe body. The foule may behindredby the body inCome of thea&ions andoperations thereof ;buthow(it beingfpirituall)fucha thingas thebodyshould work von it to conueycorruptioninto it, isfomewhat hard toapprehend. Nowon the other
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